Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912

by Donald R. Walker

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Walker, Donald R. Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912. College Station, TX : Texas A & M University Press, 1988 . 216 pp. Hardcover in a near-fine, lightly soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. 20. * Contents: Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary; Early Failures, 1867-1878; The Successful Lease, 1878-1883; The State as Lessor, 1883-1912; The Prisoner's Lot; The Powers That Were: Leadership of the

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